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Medieval arrow shaft production methods

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Tuomo:

--- Quote from: WillS on December 04, 2018, 07:03:36 am ---For mine, I aim to be as historically correct as possible so the timber that I'm using will be alder, linden and mainly aspen - not "poplar" as this is now the common name for tulipwood or "yellow poplar" but true aspen or Populus tremula. 

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Why they used soft woods? Had soft woods some kind of advantage over hard woods (oak, ash, beech, etc.) as war arrow material? Or, was the reason that hard woods were reserved for other purposes?

FilipT:

--- Quote from: WillS on December 10, 2018, 05:14:48 pm ---I always use wild goose or swan feathers.  There's no point buying them as water birds drop their feathers every season so just pick them up.
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Yeah, but there are no wild geese here and swans come in groups of 3 maybe at most.  ;)

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